Summer Reading, Lawmaker-Style
What members of Congress have been reading — and you can, too!
Looking for a summer read? HOH has been asking lawmakers for months about the last book they read, and their choices have ranged from historical dives to books about their issues or districts.
Here are some of the interesting titles recommended by members of Congress.
From the Senate …
Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala: “Profiles in Courage” by John F. Kennedy
Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo.: “The Accidental President” by A.J. Baime, “Prague Winter” by Madeleine Albright and “The Heist” by Daniel Silva
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.: “Calvin Coolidge in the Black Hills” by Seth Tupper
From the House …
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash.: “The Speed of Trust” by Stephen M.R. Covey
Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C.: “The Oxford History of the French Revolution” by William Doyle
Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y.: “Gotham” by Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace
Rep. Tom Garrett, R-Va.: “The Art of War” by Sun Tzu
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Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md.: “This Is an Uprising” by Mark Engler and Paul Engler
Del. Jenniffer González-Colón R-P.R.: “George Washington’s Secret Six” by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger
Rep. Al Green, D-Texas: “The Case for Impeachment” by Allan J. Lichtman and “To End a Presidency” by Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz
Rep. Darren Soto, D-Fla.: “Winter of the World” by Ken Follett
Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif.: The collected works of Shakespeare
Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tenn.: “Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush” by John Meacham
Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla.: “Dept. of Speculation” by Jenny Offill and “The Road Not Taken” by Max Boot
Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Mich.: “The High Cost of Good Intentions” by John F. Cogan
Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-V.I.: “Land of Love and Drowning” by Tiphanie Yanique